Matt Taibbi on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

[4390100]

Here it is in 2012 and the elections are upon us again. More Slogans, more pretty words like, "Yes, We can" and "God Bless America", sing the National Anthem and get the peoples heart pounding hard, oh and be sure to flip flop on the real issues, just continue to say what everybody wants to hear, get elected and bring all the Goldman Sachs gang into your Administration. You can bet that the American people will elect another bought and paid for puppet again and again, but God Bless America.

[FuttBucker667]

Is Matt wearing a bear-skin wife-beater or is that shit real?

[pretorious700]

Interesting to watch this now since Obama has been such an abysmal failure and monumental liar. Taibbi even has admitted as much in recent interviews and op pieces.

[thesparitan]

@pretorious700 He never said he wouldn't. He is not as bad as any republican that could have been president. Obama is a republican so it makes sense he is doing badly.  He caves on every republican demand its amazing.

[geglockn]

Matt has a poor sense of the typical Republican. Believing that Republicans will rally around Sarah Palin in 2012 is like believing that sailors will rally around Gilligan. Yes, she will fool the naive kids and last-minute voters, but the majority of mature Republicans consider her an energetic and spunky ditz.

[jimbobanalbeats]

Such a phenomenal writer.

[curetheingorant]

Finally, a well informed,  intelligent, insightful American.

[Kaalec]

George, you're an idiot. Don't try to keep up to Taibbi. You aren't.

[exbronco1980]

i'm writing this in dec of 2010. i don't think the republicans are stupid enough to make palin their nominee in 12. it will probably be romney or pawlenty.

[sevendst19]

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[howthefagworks]

man i hope im not balding when i reach his age

[akahlnyc]

@howthefagworks Matt is hot, he's smart, he's funny He beats the average guy with three times the hair before he has breakfast.

[gamehound83]

This man is a real reporter!

Kind of rare in a day and age of pundits and left and right wing assholes.

[911insidejo8]

Well he is until elsewhere he calls 911Truth dickwads, making it clear he has absolutely no interest in a mass populist movement, thereby exposing himself as a neolib elitist wannabe posing as a reporter.

His observation on Obama at 6:22 with Obama resolving his obligations with Wall Street, however, is becoming the trademark of his presidency.

[Mottahead]

Problem is: we don't see people correcting Mr Taibbi's arguments - simply because they can not argue with his reporting of facts.

And that's because Wall Street Kings have become so arrogant that they think they hold all the power like they're way above the general populace.

That's a clear sign of impending Colapse.

Down with them.

[fomastephanovitch]

Oily goober.

[abdighazi]

Citi's Rubin hired Geithner from Kissinger Assoc, to T. G. then worked for Peterson of Blackstone who chaired NY Fed Board. Rubin worked for Pet. at the CFR, as did Hills and Cohen, who were on AIG's board, then working for Greenberg Ctr at the CFR. Rubin-Geithr-Peters ,more an intell op than a busin. corruption issue, espec when GS board is tied closely to BP-Shell Euro oil cartel. Taibbi covers this up by making GS. the top of the hierarchy, ignoring foreign oil, intell ties(Atl,Ptner.-CFR).

[Badg356mt]

Is it just me or those poppies cencored or blurred out? WTF?

[HarryPalma]

Matt Taibbi is a Prick!!!

[99nej]

good job, george! matt taibbi is one of the few journalists in "mainstream" media to give us the news straight...his recent piece on the financial bail outs is a must-read for anyone interested in actually understanding what's going on..thanks, again, george, for this compelling guest!

[StrawberryBigMac]

omg usa is totally like a bad disney movie...like the evil christians vs. the hippies and the oil digging money hungry rednecks...w/e move to europe.

[buttercupcake27]

Georgey my love do you read these things lol ;)

[thebeardedonion]

Dude, shave your head. Accept it. Your hair is not coming back.

[zzfour]

I agree he would look much better if he shaved his head. That act by George Carlin "If you want to be bald do what I did, wait awhile." It just doesn't work anymore for bald men.

[SFOtter]

Matt Taiibi may be crude, but he's funny, direct and well informed. In this political era he's a national treasure.

[somewhatlongdong]

he's also kind of hot

[damianjb1]

I agree - I think he's incredibly hot

[RealTime88]

@SFOtter I agree. That's why I like Matt AND Rolling Stone magazine.

[fede2]

i like this guy a lot. he is by no means a demagogue. i like intellectual flexibility and openness to self-criticism.

[ViperRob42]

Acording to wiki 122,267,553 voted in the 2004 election (Kerry 59 mill, Bush 61 mill) and in 2008 it was 128,833,931 with 59 mill for McCain and a 67 mill for Obama... so yes, bigger turnout lol (the sum total also includes 3rd party candidate votes)

[tvrmx]

As much as I love Matt Taibbi and want to bear his children, I have to disagree on Palin being the future of the GOP. She's too stupid, an embarrassment to the party. She's a cheerleader for their foot soldiers, not a policy-maker. She's alienated too many intelligent Repubs and the party can't operate on shitforbrains power alone. If there's one thing Republicans have going for them, it's monolithic unity. And she's already divided them.

[valmeister]

what are those red "O" things they are both wearing? i have seen that on other lapels recently. was that a special obama pin or something?

[ClassicShowbiz]

That's a poppy day for Rememberance Day, dude. why'd you think you had the day off on Tuesday?

[valmeister]

Not everyone gets that day off... anyway I just had never noticed people wearing poppies for Vets Day before.

[AxelQC]

that's because this is Canada.

[valmeister]

matt taibbi is an american journalist so i assumed this was an american show at first. my apologies for apparently offending every canadian on the planet by asking what the poppies were about.

[bartonim]

Accepted. It's just that we Canadians go our entire lives meeting Americans who can't name the capital or the sitting Prime Minister, but thanks for your honesty about not knowing about the poppies.

[Moionfire]

Why the hell would you(or anyone) care what any nation knows or doesn't know about your country. Get over your self.

[bartonim]

Because of people like you. Your very existence answered your own question. Do you think living in a bubble and being ignorant are attractive? Living in close proximity to one another, I think we should know what our neighbours' culture is like. If you don't want to know, then that's your business--you get no admiration from those who are informed, and thus are deemed irrelevant.

[Moionfire]

No, being ignorant is not admirable. However getting hot and bothered because someone doesn't know about your country is self absorbed...

[bartonim]

I wouldn't exactly call that touché, nor would I say I am hot and bothered by American ignorance. It's just pathetic. It's not like I dislike Americans--I have many American friends, but cannot fathom why your education system is so--what should I say--self-absorbed? That Green Day song comes to mind right about now...

[dishwithtrish]

Didn't seem hot n bothered to me. More of a comparison on the differences between the 2.....Canadians seem to be in the know and some Americans can't even name the states or who the VP is....LMAO

[exittheolivetree23]

I love the work Matts done against conspiracy theorists. I can't believe that people in the internet world actually think it was a hologram or explosives that caused 9/11.

Crazy kids.

[valmeister]

i second that. tired tired tired of arguing with those retards who think bush hired 100,000 people at all levels of government to shoot a missile at the pentagon.

[exittheolivetree23]

Shhhhh. Its the greatest secret ever kept. And i'm pretty sure it's 150,000 people involved. lol

[qchad]

The end was great. I feel exactly the same way about politics, it has become so much like sports coverage ane Entertainment tonight. All polls and RBI's.

[EsotericDesi]

Matt Taibbi have very good views...

[chevon2020]

Lol, you might have TRIED to spell George Stephanopoulos' name right!

[canadaguy666]

that's not his name, jackass.

[billywillyjilly]

they should make out.

[bbbbmer]

matt is a having a flashback oozing with all the smarm rolling stone can buy... nauseating oatmeal...

[1JustBreathe]

I'm so happy Obama won such a good day for the world. Although I don't expect him to be a saint he's a million times better than McCain

[pretorious700]

@1JustBreathe lol, how's that working out for you, dummy?

[Dotveoh]

is the first black people!

[canadianmaple09]

That isn't a real sentence.

[Dotveoh]

sorry "is the first black president" lol sorry

[sy1234]

Try again.